The George W. Bush Library was an impressive event to see through in High School. I was fortunate enough to live minutes away from the library itself, and from the decision to have the building at SMU to its first opening I felt as though I was a small part of the process. The presidential Library was one of the first large/commercial buildings west of the Mississippi River to have a platinum or A+ rating for energy efficacy. This building was essentially a net-zero property, meaning it produced as much energy as it consumed. This idea was something new to Texas, and it truly changed how area contactors and architects built buildings going forward. Being environmentally friendly was normally an afterthought, but this building was a pioneer. Just like its style. The George W. Bush library managed to fluidly combine prairie, Roman, and Modern Victorian styles into a building that leaves an impact on its patrons not only by what is inside the building, but what is one the outside as well.